Events Archive
2019 Annual Meeting Highlights
Program Book
2019 Workshops:
- Sustainability of Polymers (MP) Agendas 5/28, 5/29
- New Developments in Coating Microstructure (CPF) Agendas: 5/28 , 5/29
- From Commodity to Value-Added Surfactants: Structure, Phase Behavior, and Applications (NMP) Agenda
- Synthetic Biology: An Overview of Industrial Potential (BB) Agenda
- Wearable Technology -- Materials and Applications II (BPM) Agenda
- Ultra-wide Gap Materials for High-power Electronics (EMD)Agenda
- Scalable Photonics and Metamaterials (FEP) Agenda
Plenary Keynote
Chris Macosko, Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota: “How Challenges from Industry Motivate Fundamental Polymer Research”
2019 Research Highlights (Coming soon!)
2019 Presentations (IPRIME members only--access is password protected)
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2019 Poster Winners
Panos Kolliopoulos, Rui Ma, Hannah Seo, Lambros Tassoulas, Davin Routiola, Dana Dement, Aaron Lindsay, Jin Yue, Louis Cocoran
2018 Annual Meeting Highlights
Plenary Luncheon and Presentations
Russell Holmes: "How materials and interfacial engineering have enabled the commercialization of OLEDs in next generation displays"
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Introduction and Chris Macosko recognition
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2018 Presentations (IPRIME members only--access is password protected)
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2018 Poster Award Winners
Left to right:
Serina Robinson, Allison Siehr, Kyrstopher Jochem, Abhinav Prakash, Motao Cao, Ziang Li, Nicholas Hampu, Mathew Thomas
2017 Annual Meeting Highlights
Plenary Luncheon
Robert Tranquillo: "Imagine Heart Valves that Grow and Don't Wear Out"
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2017 Presentations (IPrime members only– access password protected)
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2017 Poster Winners (left to right):
Yi Zhang, Mike Harris, Weihua Li, Tianqi Wang, Tom Fielitz, Lian Bai, Cecilia Hall, Sunipa Pramanik
2016 Annual Meeting Highlights
2016 Program Book
Plenary Luncheon Andrew Van de Ven: “The Innovation Journey: You can’t control it, but you can learn to maneuver it.”
2016 Research Highlights
2016 Presentations (IPrime members only– access password protected)
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2016 Poster Winners

2015 Annual Meeting Highlights
2015 IPrime Plenary Timothy Lodge: "Ionic Liquid/Block Polymer Nanocomposites:
Remarkably Versatile, Functional Materials"
2015 Annual Meeting Program Book
Research Highlights
2015 Poster Winners
2014 Annual Meeting Highlights
Tuesday, May 27 – Thursday, May 29
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis East Bank campus
Plenary Luncheon:
Andrew Ouderkirk,
Corporate Scientist, 3M Center, Electronic Markets Materials Division.
“Balancing Breadth and Depth of Expertise for Innovation”
2013 Annual Meeting Highlights
Tuesday, May 28 – Thursday, May 30
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis East Bank campus
Meeting Overview
Thank you members for another successful Annual Meeting! IPrime industrial members and university faculty, graduate students, and scientists gathered to discuss their research collaborations and outcomes occurring within 8 research programs. Participants had the opportunity to review the latest research and innovations though a variety of professional and social events.
Plenary Keynote: Professor Mike Tsapatsis on "Molecular Sieve Nanosheets: Synthesis, Processing, Membrane Separations and Catalysis"
2012 Annual Meeting
2012 Annual Meeting
The IPrime Annual Meeting had nearly 500 guests in attendance Tuesday, May 29 – Thursday, May 31, 2012 on the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis East Bank campus.
Plenary Luncheon: Eric Kaler's Keynote
2011 Annual Meeting
Plenary Keynote: Eray Aydil "Solar Cells From Abundant Nontoxic Materials"
2010 Annual Meeting
Plenary Keynote: Lorraine Francis “The Dynamic World of Coating Process Research”